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the Fauna of King's Sound, North-west Australia. By "William Macie ay, 

 F.L.S., &c. A short sketch is here given of two collections, chiefly of insects, 

 made by Mr. Froggatt at King's Sound. A few pecularities are pointed out, 

 and the geographical distribution indicated. — 6) Descriptions of two New 

 Fishes from Port Jackson. By E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., &c., and J. Dou- 

 glas Ogilby. The two new fishes described are Tripterygwm anmilatum and 

 Coììgronìuraena longicauda. — 7) Corrections to previous Papers. By E. P. 

 Ramsay, F.R.S.E., &c., and J. Douglas Ogilby. The descriptions given 

 on previous occasions oï Pteroplatca'australis and Carcharias macriirus are 

 corrected in some minor details, and it is pointed out that the fish described 

 by the authors as Coris variegata, was previously described and figured by 

 Bennett in his Fishes of Ceylon as Coris aurco-maculata. — 8) Jottings from 

 the Biological Laboratory of Sydney "University. By W. A. Haswell , M.A., 

 D.Sc. No. VIII. Notes on Tmesipteris and Psihtum. No. IX. On the Embryo- 

 logy of Vermilia caespitosa and Eupomatus elegans. — 9) Botanical. — 

 10) Contributions to Conchology, No. 1. By James C. Cox M.D., F.L.S. 

 Illustrations are given of the animals and shells of five species of Helicidae, 

 together with figures of shells of six species hitherto unfigured : a new species 

 [Cochlosiyla Hindei] is also described. — 11) On a supposed new species of 

 Nototherium. By C. W. De Vis, M.A. The new species [N. dwiense] is 

 distinguished from N. Mitchelli, Ow., by the size and structure of the pre- 

 molar and position of the inlet of the dental canal; from N. inerme, Ow., 

 by the development of the tusks and consequent retrocession of the symphy- 

 sial curve ; and from N. Vicioriae, Ow. , by the position of the inlet of the 

 dental canal, and by the gradual enlargement of the molars serially. It is 

 founded on a well-preserved jaw in which the fourth premolar is well shown, 

 obtained from the drifts of the Darling Downs, Queensland. — Dr. Cox 

 exhibited living specimens of Helix Maconelli, Reeve, and Helix Falconari, 

 Reeve, with the object of showing how remarkably similar the animals are. 

 the former being a little darker than the latter, and less nodose on the sur- 

 face ; the Helix Maconelli was from the Heads of the Pine River, and the 

 Mary River in Queensland, and the Helix Falconari from Ballina, on the 

 Clarence River. A specimen was also exhibited of a shell quite intermediate 

 between these two species, having the exserted spire of H. Maconelli, with 

 only a slight umbilicus quite unlike what usually exists in H. Falconari. — 

 Dr. Cox also exhibited a fine specimen of the rare Trigonia Strangei , A, 

 Adams, which was dredged near the Heads of Port Jackson. This is about 

 only the second living specimen recorded ; dead valves are thrown up often 

 in large numbers at Long Reef outside Port Jackson Heads and at WoUon- 

 gong; but, odd to say, it has not been dredged in a living state by any of 

 the scientific expeditions which have visited these shores. — Mr. North 

 exhibited Eggs of Platycercus Barnardi, Psephotus Jiatmatogaster , and Tricho- 

 glossns chlnrolepidotus . — Mr. Masters exhibited some specimens of Danais 

 Petilia, Stoll, and Danais Chrysippus, Linn., with the following explanatory 

 note: — ,, Among a considerable collection of Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera 

 made by Mr. W. W. Froggatt, at or near King's Sound, N. W. Australia, 

 during this summer, I find several specimens of what is without doubt the 

 Danais Petilia, Stoll, and as it is a species about which many mistakes have 

 been made, a short explanatory note seems not undesirable. Danais Petilia 

 was first described and figured in StoU's Suppl. to Cramer's Papil. p. 132, 



